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dragonfly, Tramea carolina. Photo by Jessica Louton. click to enlarge
Tramea carolina (photo by Jessica Louton)

Jerry Louton, Information Technology Manager

  • Phone:   202-633-0991
  • Fax:   202-786-2894
  • E-mail Address:   loutonj@si.edu
  • USPS Address:
    Smithsonian Institution
    PO Box 37012, MRC 165, Rm. CE-420
    Washington, DC 20013-7012
  • Public Carrier Address:
    Smithsonian Institution
    National Museum of Natural History
    10th & Constitution NW
    Washington, DC 20560-0165
  • Education:
    BS (Biology) McNeese
    MS (Entomology) LSU
    PhD (Zoology&Ecology) U. Tennessee
 Jerry Louton in tropical downpour

Duties and Interests:

Designs, develops and implements large-scale database projects and web sites for the Department of Entomology. Supports general scientific computing and conducts research and publishes on the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and aquatic insect communities.

Current Projects include:

  • Migrating of NMNH Entomology types catalog data into EMu (Electronic Museum) catalog system.
  • Barcoding and cataloging 120,000 Odonata specimens in the Smithsonian collections.
  • Assisting with the Entomology website.

My background and training are in aquatic biology, especially aquatic insects, but also freshwater fishes and invertebrates. My current interests center on communities in phytotelmata (plant-held waters) and the distribution of stream insects along tropical elevational gradients.

Publications:

Garrison, R.; N. Ellenreider and J. Louton. 2006. Dragonfly Genera of the New World, an illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Baltimore. 368pp. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9090.html.

pdf iconLouton, J.; J. Gelhaus & R. Bouchard. 1996. The aquatic fauna of water-filled bamboo (Poaceae:Bambusoideae:Guadua) internodes in a Peruvian lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 28:228-242. 

pdf iconLouton, J.; R. Garrison & O. Flint, 1996. The Odonata of Parque Nacional Manu, Madre de Dios, Peru: natural history, species richness and comparisons with other neotropical sites. Pp. 431-449 In Wilson, D. and A. Sandoval. Manu, the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution Press.

pdf iconCarle, F. & J. Louton. 1994. Description of the larva of Neopetalia punctata (Odonata:Neopetaliidae) and establishment of the Austropetaliidae (Fam. Nov.). Entomol. Soc. Wash. 96:137-144.

Hellenthal, R.A.; J.A. Louton; G.R. Noonan; R.T. Schuh; M.K. Thayer and F.C. Thompson. 1990. Automatic Data Processing for Systematic Entomology: Promises and Problems. A Report for the Entomological Collections Network. Washington, DC., 48 pp.

Tennessen, K.J. & J. A. Louton. 1984.  The true nymph of Gomphus (Gomphurus) crassus Hagen (Odonata: Gomphidae), with notes on adults. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(1), 223-227.

Louton, J. A.  1982.  A new species of Ophiogomphus (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) from the Western Highland rim in Tennessee. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 95(1):198-202.

Louton, J. A.  1982.  The larva of Gomphurus ventricosus (Walsh), and comments on relationships within the genus (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 12(1):83-86.

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